Mozart and Salieri

Drama, History · 1967

Film version of the Rimsky Korsakov opera from the Pushkin story. Motsart i Salyeri (Mozart and Salieri), based on a legend that Salieri poisoned Mozart, meditates on the nature of creativity while introducing, in brilliantly compressed speeches, what was to be one of the important Russian themes—metaphysical rebellion against God.

Starring

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Glebov, Vladimir Gorikker, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Alexander Pushkin, Sergey Lemeshev, Aleksandr Pirogov

Director

Vladimir Gorikker